CVE-2025-4280

MacOS version of Poedit bundles a Python interpreter that inherits the Transparency, Consent, and Control (TCC) permissions granted by the user to the main application bundle. An attacker with local user access can invoke this interpreter with arbitrary commands or scripts, leveraging the application's previously granted TCC permissions to access user's files in privacy-protected folders without triggering user prompts. Accessing other resources beyond previously granted TCC permissions will prompt the user for approval in the name of Poedit, potentially disguising attacker's malicious intent. This issue has been fixed in 3.6.3 version of Poedit.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-4280
https://cert.pl/posts/2025/05/CVE-2025-4280
https://github.com/vslavik/poedit
https://github.com/vslavik/poedit/security/advisories/GHSA-8fcw-v6gr-hp34
https://poedit.net

Configurations

No configuration.

History

23 May 2025, 15:55

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-22 10:15

Updated : 2025-05-23 15:55

NVD link : CVE-2025-4280

Mitre link : CVE-2025-4280

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-4280

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-276

Incorrect Default Permissions

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